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[Portrait of Theodore Robinson] / J. Alden Weir. – Vintage Photo Print

[Portrait of Theodore Robinson] / J. Alden Weir., [between 1880 and 1900] — historic print
[Portrait of Theodore Robinson] / J. Alden Weir., [between 1880 and 1900]. Historic print from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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A window into the past: [Portrait of Theodore Robinson] / J. Alden Weir., preserved in this historic print. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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[Portrait of Theodore Robinson] / J. Alden Weir.

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A drypoint portrait of the American painter Theodore Robinson, made by his friend and fellow artist J. Alden Weir, this print is a rare case of one painter recording another in a printmaking medium. Robinson (1852-1896) spent much of his career in France, where he worked around Giverny and absorbed the lessons of Impressionism before returning to the United States. In drypoint, the artist scratches lines directly into a copper plate with a needle, which produces soft, velvety burrs that give the image its characteristic warmth. The sheet is signed in pencil by Weir.

Created / published[between 1880 and 1900]
Medium1 print : drypoint.
GenrePortrait prints 1880-1900.Drypoints 1880-1900.
NotesSigned in pencil. Watermark: Fleur-de-lis. Zimmerman, 67.
SubjectsRobinson, Theodore,--1852-1896.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,173 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-169441

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